Bubble Convex Glass Project Repair Gallery

Custom replacement glass globe for antique light with cut glass design

The replacement globe was very large and had a cut glass design. We used the old broken glass globe to make a mold used in bending the glass replacement.

The replacement convex glass was frosted and the cut glass design was drawn on it.

The design is cut in the glass using stones and hand polished.

replacement cut glass globe

Tags: Antique Glass Light Repair, Custom Glass Globe, Cut Glass Shade, Replacement Antique Glass Shade, Vintage Light Repair

convex bubble glass for antique cabinet door

Sunday, January 20th, 2013 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Bent Glass, Bubble Convex Glass | Comments Off

I custom made a replacement convex bubble glass for an antique cabinet door. It was an unusual shape. When making a replacement piece it is best to use old glass so the color , blisters and bubbles match.

Antique Cabinet door with broken covex bubble glass

custom bent convex bubble glass

Antique convex bubble glass install in door

Tags: Antique Glass Repair, Bubble Convex Glass, Curved Glass Panel, Custom Bent Glass, Custom Curved Glass

Custom Bent Glass for antique crown glass door bubble out

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 Posted in All Repair Projects, Antique Glass Repair, Bent Glass, Bubble Convex Glass | 3 Comments »

Antique china cabinets in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s use to have very intricate designed wood mullions in the doors. They would install glass that bubbled out between the wood. This is called crown glass or bubble glass. Pennsylvania House Furniture also used this technique in there breakfronts. We made replacement glass for Pennsylvania House Furniture for many years . We custom make replacement glass for any antique cabinet doors. The curve in the glass is not simple radius .

Bent glass for antique china cabinet door

Antique crown glass replacement

I make a custom mold for each piece no two bent crown glass doors are the same (selling custom molds also to companies such as https://www.bentragerhomes.com.au/).

Curved replacement glass

In the very old pieces of furniture the glass was putty in place . They did not use wood stops to hold in the glass. They would use Portland cement in the putty . This makes the putty very hard and you have to grind it off to install the replacement curved glass.

Antique Bubble Glass Door/ Crown Glass

The real work come matching the antique glazing that holds the glass in the wood door. First you tint the putty and install the glass. Then I use pitch to darken it more and give it the aged dirty look.